Yugoslav Daily Survey 96-09-18

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CONTENTS

[01] DEPARTURE OF REFUGEES FOR BOSNIA ELECTIONS SUCCESSFULLY ORGANIZED

[02] YUGOSLAV APPEAL FOR UNCONDITIONAL LIFTING OF INTERNATIONAL SANCTIONS

[03] YUGOSLAV-BOSNIA DELEGATIONS DISCUSS ECONOMIC COOPERATION

[04] BRAZIL RECOGNIZES YUGOSLAVIA

[05] PRIMAKOV: MINISTERIAL MEETING OF CONTACT GROUP IN NEW YORK

[06] FROWICK ANNOUNCES PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF BOSNIA ELECTIONS

[07] FIRST WITNESSES TESTIFY TO BOSNIAN SERB TADIC'S INNOCENCE

[01] DEPARTURE OF REFUGEES FOR BOSNIA ELECTIONS SUCCESSFULLY ORGANIZED

The Government Committee in charge of this said at a Session that the Yugoslav Government had thus contributed to the implementation of the Dayton Agreement in this sphere, the Federal Information Secretariat said.

About 90,000 refugees from Yugoslavia cast their ballots in the Bosnian Serb State Republika Srpska. Of this figure 86,000 travelled through the efforts of the Government Committee and the remainder either with the aid of the Association of refugees or privately.

The Committee concluded that the departure and return of the refugees had been well organized so that there had been no incidents nor the need for on duty services to intervene.

[02] YUGOSLAV APPEAL FOR UNCONDITIONAL LIFTING OF INTERNATIONAL SANCTIONS

Radulovic, who heads the Yugoslav Delegation to the Conference, also appealed to the MPS from 120 countries and regions rallied at the Conference, to help the economic recovery of Yugoslavia.

Taking part in the general debate on the political, economic, and social situation in the world, Radulovic presented to the participants the results of the realization of the Dayton Peace Accords.

Radulovic said it was expected that the elections held in Bosnia-Herzegovina on Saturday would additionally consolidate peace and create conditions for the normal life of all citizens and for turning to economic reconstruction and development. Radulovic set out that peace and development were mutually dependant and extremely important for stability in the entire Region of former Yugoslavia and the Balkans.

He said it was necessary speedily to resolve the problem of the large number of refugees and displaced persons and warned that the right to a free and safe return home should not be limited in anyway.

Radulovic pointed out that the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was investing efforts also to normalize relations with the former Yugoslav Republics. He said there was significant progress in this, although gradually, which is of particular importance for the further elimination of tensions and ending the crisis in the territory of former Yugoslavia.

[03] YUGOSLAV-BOSNIA DELEGATIONS DISCUSS ECONOMIC COOPERATION

During the two-day talks, the Yugoslav Delegation will be headed by Deputy Federal Economy Minister Slobodan Djokovic and the Bosnian Delegation by Assistant Minister for Foreign Trade and International Communications, Seadet Ceric.

The two Delegations will focus on cooperation in the transport sphere and creating the necessary conditions for the speedy reopening of air, road and rail traffic.

The talks are a continuation of the realization of an Agreement reached by Yugoslav Vice-Prime Minister Nikola Sainovic and his counterpart in the Muslim-Croat Federation, Ejup Ganic, during talks in Belgrade and Sarajevo.

[04] BRAZIL RECOGNIZES YUGOSLAVIA

Brazil confirmed the State continuity of Yugoslavia in 1992. This official document says that the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia changed its name to Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and is represented by its Ambassador to Brazil.

[05] PRIMAKOV: MINISTERIAL MEETING OF CONTACT GROUP IN NEW YORK

Primakov said at a News Conference following talks with Croatian Foreign Minister Mate Granic, that it was a sufficiently serious forum for resolving many issues.

Diplomatic circles in Moscow expect that the three members of the newly-elected Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina will be invited to the New York meeting.

Commenting on the Saturday elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Primakov stressed they constituted 'one of the stabilizing factors in the Region'.

Primakov warned that any departure from the Dayton Agreement, regarding the formation of the highest organs of power in Bosnia and Herzegovina or the lifting of sanctions against the FR of Yugoslavia and Republika Srpska, would not help the normalization of circumstances in the Region.

The Russian Foreign Minister said that since the beginning of the conflict his country had stood up against biasness against any of the parties involved and that its position had not changed. Primakov said they wanted to have good relations with all the parties that were involved in the conflict and to develop them.

Primakov urged once again the need for the International Military Force to stay in Bosnia 'for a certain period of time' after January 1. next year, adding that in that case the Russian military contingent would continue to take part in the operation.

Primakov said that relations between Croatia and the FRY, which are being normalized and developed, were perhaps the key for stability in the Region and added that Russia welcomed all steps made by Belgrade and by Zagreb in that respect.

Primakov told journalists that official Moscow had not received information about the holding of a 'Dayton Two' and assessed that it was more important now to fulfil the provisions of Dayton One.

[06] FROWICK ANNOUNCES PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF BOSNIA ELECTIONS

Ballots counted to date gave Alija Izetbegovic slightly less than 700,000 votes, to Momcilo Krajisnik just over 500,000 votes, and to Kresimir Zubak, 245,000 votes.

Frowick said that about 80% of the ballot had been counted in the Muslim-Croat Federation and 79% in the Republika Srpska.

He said that the opposition had moved up in both Entities. Mladen Ivanic, a Serb, of the Democratic Patriotic Front secured more than 241,000 votes cast in the elections for the Presidency of Bosnia-Herzegovina, while Muslim Haris Silajdzic and Croat Ivo Komsicgot 110,000 and 33,000 votes, respectively.

Frowick said that the OSCE Provisional Electoral Commission would publish the final election results on Wednesday, and might be expected to declare the elections valid some three days later.

[07] FIRST WITNESSES TESTIFY TO BOSNIAN SERB TADIC'S INNOCENCE

Testifying under an identity protection plan, i.e., behind a screen and without disclosing their true names, two eye-witnesses to events in Prijedor, Kozarac and Banja Luka said they knew Tadic well from before the war, and that he had not taken part in those events.

The witnesses allowed for the possibility that Tadic might be a victim of an identity mix-up, on which Tadic and his defence counsel have been insisting upon since his arrest in Germany.

The witnesses, one of whom is a Croat, testified that before the war, Tadic had been a respected figure in the area and that he had not taken active part in any event listed in the bill of indictment. They said that, after war operations, he had been among the first to join in rebuilding that which had been destroyed.

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